'Carol', 'Outlander' lead Golden Globe nominations

1. Chloe Grace Moretz helped announce the nominees for the 73rd Golden Globe Awards on Dec. 11. Getty

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Carol

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Room

Spotlight

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Brie Larson, Room

Rooney Mara, Carol

Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Bryan Cranston,                Trumbo

Leonardo Dicaprio, The Revenant

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Will Smith, Concussion

Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

The Big Short

Joy

The Martian

Spy

Trainwreck

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

Melissa Mccarthy, Spy

Amy Schumer, Trainwreck

Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van

Lily Tomlin, Grandma

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Christian Bale, The Big Short

Steve Carell, The Big Short

Matt Damon, The Martian

Al Pacino, Danny Collins

Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear

24th Philadelphia Film Fest, Day 4: A day of great choices

Note to self: check the public trans schedule about an hour before you plan on leaving. That would be pretty helpful.

Aside from that slight hiccup at the start of my day, the fourth day of the Philadelphia Film Festival was the best one yet. Instead of seeing four films like I wanted, I opted for three. I was just too darn tired.

The start of this eventual great day was "Remember", a film I had not heard about before. The festival program guide says it's about a guy who seeks out the Nazi who killed he and his wife's families at Auschwitz.

"Remember" features a standout turn by Christopher Plummer as the man on the cross-country hunt to kill this Nazi. He portrays the dementia-afflicted man with a delicate touch of warmth and sadness. This is a film that had everyone shocked, and if you see, you'd understand why.

Not your standard rinse and repeat Holocaust movie.

Charlie Kaufman, Todd Haynes to appear at Philly Film Fest

Organizers of the 24th Philadelphia Film Festival announced Thursday that Charlie Kaufman and 30 other special guests will be in attendance for certain screenings during the duration of the 11-day festival.

Following the 8:30 screening of their festival-opening film "Anomalisa" at the Prince Theater, directors Kaufman and Duke Johnson will participate in a Q&A following the screening, and will be feted with the festival's artistic achievement award: Kaufman for his "incredibly imaginative writing" and Johnson for his work in animation that culminated in "the revolutionary stop-motion animated work of art 'Anomalisa'".

The festival also announced a Charlie Kaufman Retrospective section has been added to the festival line-up at the Prince Theater, which will showcase all of his titles: "Adaptation"; "Being John Malkovich"; "Confesstions of a Dangerous Mind"; "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"; "Human Nature"; and "Synecdoche, New York".

The retrospective has not yet been scheduled.

In addition to previously announced guest Michael Moore during the closing night showing of his latest film "Where to Invade Next"at the Prince Theater, director Todd Haynes ("Carol") is scheduled to appear, as is Gaspar Noé ("Love", "Irreversible"), actress Zoë Bell ("Camino") and Jamie Kennedy ("Scream").

Below is the full line-up of guests scheduled to attend. All information is subject to change.

Patricia Riggen, Director, The 33

Charlie Kaufman, Director, Anomalisa

Duke Johnson, Director, Anomalisa

Kevin Kerslake, Director, As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM

Brian Klugman, Director, Baby Baby Baby

David April, Subject, Beer Runners

Justin Wirtalla, Director, Beer Runners

Erik Shirai, Director, The Birth of Sake

Josh C. Waller, Director, Camino

Zoë Bell, Actor, Camino

Todd Haynes, Director, Carol

Rick Alverson, Director, Entertainment

Alison Bagnall, Director, Funny Bunny

Tara Culp, Producer, Funny Bunny

Greg Koh, Director, The Great Alone

Lynn True, Director, In Transit

Erika Frankel, Director, King Georges

Georges Perrier, Subject, King Georges

Jeffrey Loeb, Producer, A Light Beneath Their Feet

Gaspar Noé, Director, Love

Jessica Edwards, Director, Mavis!

Jay Dockendorf, Director, Naz and Maalik

Noah Pritzker, Director, Quitters

Ben Hickernell, Director, A Rising Tide

Jamie Kennedy, Actor, Scream

David Felix Sutcliffe, Director, (T)error

Christopher K. Walker, Director, Welcome to Leith

Marilyn Cohen, Executive Producer, When Voices Meet

Sharon Katz, Subject, When Voices Meet

Nonhlanhla Wanda, Subject, When Voices Meet

Michael Moore, Director, Where to Invade Next

Philadelphia Film Festival ready to kick off 24th year

From Oct. 22 to Nov. 1, lovers of film are expected to see something  at the 24th Philadelphia Film Festival  (PFF) the promotional materials says they’ll “never forget”, and with over 130 different feature and short film options to choose from, that statement couldn’t be more true.

Starting with the opening night film, Charlie Kauffman’s award-winning stop-motion feature “Anomalisa”, to Michael Moore’s latest documentary feature “Where to Invade Next” capping off the 11-day fest, the festival will include the best, and, perhaps, divisive, works of cinema from around the globe in a crowded assembly where internationally renowned directors share the spotlight with Philadelphia-based talent as they tell stories that break out beyond conventional boundaries.

“This year is probably the strongest year since I’ve been working there,” said the festival’s artistic director Michael Lerman. “It was interesting because while I was putting it together it was unclear looking at bits and pieces how it was going to turn out, and then it all seemed to come together at the last minute.”